Course

Unit 1

Introduction to CIR: introduction to CIR, Campus to corporate transition based on the expectations of the corporate. To understand CIR as a best practice. To clarify the expectations from both sides.

Unit 2

Self-evaluation Skill Understanding: About MBA, aspirations, special skill, multiple intelligences, personal resources. To help analyze and appraise self.

Unit 3

Personal values & attitudes and its impact on behavior: types of values, Motivational properties of values, impact of personal values in decision-making and behaviors. To understand the impact of personal values in our decision-making. Identify one’s own core values and devise strategies to follow them for better personal effectiveness.

Unit 4

Communication: The role of communication in corporate success: The role of communication in Corporate success. Types of Professional communication. To develop insights into the role of communication in corporate success. To understand one’s own styles of communication and device strategies to improve the same.

Unit 5

Assertive Communication: Positivity, Choice of words, Empathy, Clarity of thought and expression. To help develop effective communication skill and assertiveness

Unit 6

Identifying career interests and career paths: About MBA, Career Interests, Scope, Skills, and Personality. To be able to deliver a self -introduction

Unit 7

Goal Setting: Goal, Aim, Long-term, Short-Term, Need, Want, Desire. To be able to identify personal goals from personal values. To create and analyze SMART goals

Unit 8

Time Management & Time Management Techniques: Habits, Priorities, Addictions, circle of influence, hesitance, Pause. To be able to explain the relevance of time in achieving personal goals and identify time killing habits

Unit 9

Stress Management: Self-Awareness, Strain, anxiety, burden, pressure, worry. To define and examine the concept of stress, Types of stressors, Causes of stress

Unit 10

Methods and Techniques of Managing Stress: Attitude, Relax, EI Unwind, Network, Relationship. To be able to apply the techniques for managing stress effectively

Unit 11

Numerical and logical skills : Equations: Basics, Linear, Quadratic, and Problems on ages. Percentage: Basics, Profit, Loss & Discount. Ratio, Proportion & Variation: Basics and Partnership. Logical Reasoning I: Arrangements, Sequencing, Scheduling, and Venn diagram. Data Interpretation I: Tables, Bar Diagrams, Line Graphs and Pie Charts.

Course Objectives

• To develop the skills and knowledge to facilitate the campus to corporate transition
• To develop the basic life skills to adapt to the corporate and personal life challenges
• To analyse, a the most suitable methods to solve questions on arithmetic and
• To investigate and apply suitable techniques to solve questions on logical reasoning and data

Couse Outcomes

After completing this course, students will be able to :

CO 1 – Able to develop effective communication skill and assertiveness. (L6-Create)

CO 2 – Able to set realistic personal and professional goals and achieve them by mastering the art of time management and stress management. (L4-Analyse and L6-Create)

CO 3 – Able to understand core values oneself and connect with the society more productively.

CO4– To analyze, understand and employ the most suitable methods to solve questions on arithmetic and algebra.

CO5: To analyze, understand and apply suitable techniques to solve questions on logical reasoning and data analysis.

CO-PO Mapping

CA – Can be presentations, GD, problem solving, group activities, case studies and tests

Continuous Assessment Details:

For Trimester 1 – Total: 100 Marks [2 Credit]

The split up will be as follows:

• Main Assessment – 25 Marks [Group Discussion Activity]
• Periodical Assessments and Assignments – 10 Marks
• Mini Project (LinkedIn Posts) – 5 Marks
• Class Participation – 10 Marks
• Aptitude class test – 20 Marks
• Aptitude Final test- 30 Marks

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• Michael G Aamodt, An Applied Approach, 6thedition, 2010, Wadsworth Cengage Learning
• Brief, P. (1998). Attitudes in and around organizations. housand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Theories, and Analyses, John B Miner, 2002 Oxford University press
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, 2011, Daniel H Pink, Canongate Books
• Mark J Martinko, Attribution theory: an organizational perspective, Lucie, 1995
• Attribution Theory: Social and Functional Extensions [Paperback] Miles Hewstone, Blackwell Publishers An attributional theory of motivation and emotion, Bernard Weiner, Springer-Verlag, 1987
• The habits of highly effective people, Stephen Covey, Free press Revised edition, 2004
• The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques: How to Get More Done Without Driving Yourself Crazy, Kenneth H Blanchard, 2005, Peak Performance Press, 1st edition
• The One Minute Manager Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, Publishers: William Morrow, 1984
• Michael G Aamodt, An Applied Approach, 6thedition, 2010, Wadsworth Cengage Learning Stress Management for Life, Michael Olpin, Margie Hesson, Cengage learning, 2009
• Organizational Behavior, Stephen P Robbins, Timothy A Judge, Seema Sanghi, Pearson Prentice Hall,
• Aptitude Skills Student Work Book, CIR
• How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT & Other Management Examinations by Arun Sharma
• How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT by Arun Sharma